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‫‪shared‬‬ ‫‪by‬‬ ‫‪all‬‬ ‫‪faithful‬‬ ‫‪men‬‬ ‫‪Men‬‬ ‫‪of‬‬ ‫‪God‬‬ ‫‪throughout‬‬ ‫‪the‬‬ ‫‪ages‬‬ ‫‪have‬‬ ‫‪died‬‬ ‫‪looking‬‬ ‫‪forward‬‬ ‫‪to‬‬ ‫‪the‬‬ ‫‪day‬‬ ‫‪when‬‬ ‫‪they‬‬ ‫‪would‬‬ ‫‪be‬‬ ‫‪raised‬‬ ‫‪again.‬‬ ‫‪Paul‬‬ ‫‪tells‬‬ ‫‪us‬‬ ‫‪of‬‬ ‫‪some‬‬ ‫‪of‬‬ ‫‪these,‬‬ ‫‪that‬‬ ‫‪they‬‬ ‫‪"...died‬‬ ‫‪in‬‬ ‫‪faith,‬‬ ‫‪not‬‬ ‫‪having‬‬ ‫‪received‬‬ ‫‪the‬‬ ‫‪promises,‬‬ ‫‪but‬‬ ‫‪having‬‬ ‫‪seen‬‬ ‫‪them‬‬ ‫‪afar‬‬ ‫"‪off‬‬ ‫‪(Hebrews,‬‬ ‫‪chapter‬‬ ‫‪11,‬‬ ‫‪verse‬‬ ‫‪13).‬‬ ‫‪Further‬‬ ‫‪on‬‬ ‫‪he‬‬ ‫‪speaks‬‬ ‫‪again‬‬ ‫‪of‬‬ ‫‪these‬‬ ‫‪men,‬‬ ‫‪who‬‬ ‫‪"...received‬‬ ‫‪not‬‬ ‫‪the‬‬ ‫‪promise:‬‬ ‫‪God‬‬ ‫‪having‬‬ ‫‪provided‬‬ ‫‪some‬‬ ‫‪better‬‬ ‫‪thing‬‬ ‫‪for‬‬ ‫‪us,‬‬ ‫‪that‬‬ ‫‪they‬‬ ‫‪without‬‬ ‫‪us‬‬ ‫‪should‬‬ ‫‪not‬‬ ‫‪be‬‬ ‫‪made‬‬ ‫"‪perfect‬‬ ‫‪(Hebrews,‬‬ ‫‪chapter‬‬ ‫‪11,‬‬ ‫‪verses‬‬ ‫‪39-40).‬‬ ‫•‬ ‫•‬